Sentence examples for convoke a from inspiring English sources

"The first big decision of this pope really is that, to convoke a governing board.

RIO DE JANEIRO — First she wanted to convoke a constitutional assembly, then she favored holding a plebiscite.

They insist that Mr Zelaya violated the constitution by trying to convoke a constituent assembly which they fear might have prolonged his term.

In December 1862, Lassalle was asked by the executive committee of the "Central Committee to Convoke a General Congress of German Workers" to write a program for the congress.

The uprising failed to replace the tsarist autocracy with a democratic republic or even to convoke a constituent assembly, and most of the revolutionary leaders were placed under arrest.

Moreover, Mas has said that in the likely case of reelection of his independence-minded Convergencia i Unio party, he will convoke a plebiscite so the 7.5 million residents of Catalonia can decide on the status for themselves.

Only the pope can convoke an ecumenical council, and he or his legates must preside.

"Here, there is no power that can convoke an early election, so I have asked Washington to review our Constitution".

The nonbinding referendum was to ask voters if they wanted a vote during the November presidential election on whether to convoke an assembly to rewrite the constitution.

Fernandez has a working majority in both houses of Congress, but would need two-thirds' congressional support to convoke an elected constitutional assembly.

After ruling as dictator from 1828 to 1830, Bolívar convoked a convention to frame a new constitution.